Wales (Pembrokeshire)
United Kingdom · North Atlantic
Pembrokeshire's Pembrokeshire Coast National Park hides some of Britain's most accessible cold-water diving — grey seal nurseries on Skomer Island, blue shark summer aggregations at The Smalls, and bottlenose dolphin encounters in Cardigan Bay's sheltered waters.
How this reef is doing
ⓘ How we measure thisReef state
Live science signals for this reef are still being gathered.
Coral cover
Fish life
Heat
Fishing
Open to fishing, and the water is busy.
Sources · Global Fishing Watch and reef gravity
What you will see
24 species across the dive sites here
Common Murre
Seen 21 days ago
at Skomer Island
Least concern
Razorbill
Seen 21 days ago
at Skomer Island
Least concern
Atlantic Puffin
Seen 21 days ago
at Skomer Island
Vulnerable
European Stonechat
Seen 23 days ago
at St David's Head
Atlantic Grey Seal
Seen 24 days ago
at Skomer Island
Least concern
Bottlenose Dolphin
Seen 1 month ago
at Cardigan Bay
Least concern
Spiny Starfish
Seen 1 month ago
at St David's Head
Jewel Anemone
Seen 1 month ago
at St David's Head
Tompot Blenny
Seen 1 month ago
at Skomer Island
Least concern
Ballan Wrasse
Seen 1 month ago
at St David's Head
Least concern
Spiny Lobster
Seen 2 months ago
at Skomer Island
Vulnerable
Northern Gannet
Seen 10 months ago
at Cardigan Bay
Least concern
Common Cuttlefish
Seen 11 months ago
at Skomer Island
Least concern
Common Dolphin
Seen 11 months ago
at The Smalls Reef
Least concern
Ocean Sunfish
Seen 11 months ago
at The Smalls Reef
Vulnerable
Northern Fulmar
Seen 11 months ago
at Cardigan Bay
Least concern
Manx Shearwater
Seen 12 months ago
at The Smalls Reef
Least concern
Thornback Ray
Seen Sep 2024
at Cardigan Bay
Near threatened
Coalfish
Seen year round
at St David's Head
Conger Eel
Seen year round
at The Smalls Reef
Least concern
Blue Shark
Seasonal visitor
at The Smalls Reef
Near threatened
Cuttlefish
Seasonal visitor
at Cardigan Bay
Least concern
Short-Snouted Seahorse
Seasonal visitor
at Cardigan Bay
Least concern
European Storm-Petrel
Rare sighting
at Cardigan Bay
Least concern
Dive sites
Skomer Island
common cuttlefish · tompot blenny · atlantic grey seal · spiny lobster
The Smalls Reef
blue shark · ocean sunfish · common dolphin · conger eel
Cardigan Bay
bottlenose dolphin · short-snouted seahorse · thornback ray · cuttlefish
St David's Head
jewel anemone · coalfish · spiny starfish · ballan wrasse